The Pepin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,731 people carried this name — #7,075 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,541 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pepin surname
A surname, possibly from French Pépin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pepin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,829 people named Pepin.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 83 people named Pepin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Pepin live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Pepin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Pepin in American newspapers,
1836–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,418 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pepin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Luc Pépin 1924–1995 · writer -
Marcel Pepin 1926–2000 · trade unionist -
Allan Pepin 1966– · military officer -
Maryse Pepin 1968– · writer -
Guillaume Pepin 1450–1533 · writer
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Albert Pepin 1763–1831
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pepin.
- Penny 10,249 · U.S. census
- Pensa 284 · U.S. census
- Pent 289 · U.S. census
- Penz 226 · U.S. census
- Peon 184 · U.S. census
- Pepe 5,405 · U.S. census
- Pepino 151 · U.S. census
- Pepion 140 · U.S. census
- Pepiot 129 · U.S. census
- Peplinski 1,570 · U.S. census
- Pequignot 549 · U.S. census
- Pera 2,631 · U.S. census
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